Patents by Inventor Raymond A. Dufour

Raymond A. Dufour has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 5573767
    Abstract: Method for improving the organoleptic qualities of the meat from uncastrated male domestic animals, vaccines which are usable in this method, new peptide, in particular, for producing these vaccines and vaccination kit relating thereto.The method for improving the organoleptic qualities, especially the smell, taste and tenderness, of the meat from uncastrated male domestic animals comprises, shortly before slaughter of the animal in question, abolition of the action of the androgenic and non-androgenic steroids by active or passive anti-LHRH immunoneutralization, while the advantages linked to the male character of the animal are maintained virtually up to slaughter. The vaccines comprise, as a peptide, natural LHRH or a peptide of formula Trp - Ser - Tyr - Gly - Leu - Arg - Pro - Gly - NH.sub.2, coupled to an immunogenic carrier protein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 1994
    Date of Patent: November 12, 1996
    Assignee: Societe Anonyme
    Inventors: Raymond Dufour, Claude Roulet, Claire Chouvet, Michel B. Bonneau
  • Patent number: D288600
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 1984
    Date of Patent: March 3, 1987
    Assignee: Lab-Line Instruments, Inc.
    Inventors: Dirk E. Vander Hout, Raymond A. Dufour